Where does “hapsikka” come from?

hapsikka (Finnish) comes from Finnish hapsi, from Proto-Finnic hapci, from Proto-Uralic ëpte — hair.

hapsikka (Finnish): ditch grass, any plant of the genus Ruppia

Definitions

  1. ditch grass, any plant of the genus Ruppia

Ancestry of “hapsikka”, step by step

hapsikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hapsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhapsiA single hair, especially a grey hair of an...
2Proto-Finnichapcihair
3Proto-Uralicëptehair

via Finnish ikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishikka—
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëpte →Every word from Proto-Finnic hapci →Every word from Finnish hapsi →